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Tyrrhenian wall lizard

Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789)

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The tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 5.41 g to 5.7 g, reach 6.16 cm in length and live up to 7.49 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Italy.

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Quick facts about the tyrrhenian wall lizard

Weight
5.41 g – 5.7 g
Length
6.08 cm
Lifespan
7.49 years
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
15 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Egg incubation
35.5 days
Young per litter or clutch
5.4 – 12
Age at maturity
2 years
Litters or clutches a year
2
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the tyrrhenian wall lizard?

TYRRHENIAN WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 6.16 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.16 cm, the recorded maximum length of the tyrrhenian wall lizard is about 3.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the tyrrhenian wall lizard live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The tyrrhenian wall lizard is listed for 1 country.

Italy
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Italy

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the tyrrhenian wall lizard endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tyrrhenian wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Lacerta muralis tiliguerta, Lacerta muralis toro, Lacerta tiliguerta, Lacerta tiliguerta eiselti, Lacerta tiliguerta grandisonae, Lacerta tiliguerta maresi, Lacerta tiliguerta ranzii, Lacerta tiliguerta var. corsica, Podarcis muralis contii

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • ještěrka korsickáCzech
  • Tyrrhensk MurfirbenDanish
  • Tyrrhenische MauereidechseGerman
  • Lagartija TirrenaSpanish
  • tyrrhenanmuurisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lezard tiliguertaFrench
  • tirrén faligyíkHungarian
  • lucertola tirrenicaItalian
  • Tyrrheense MuurhagedisDutch
  • murówka tyrreńskaPolish
  • Тирренская ящерицаRussian
  • Le Lezard tiliguertaFrench
  • Lézard tiliguertaFrench
  • Lézard tyrrhénienFrench
  • Lézard tyrrhénien (Le)French
  • Tyrreense MuurhagedisDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tyrrhenian wall lizard

Other species in the same genus Podarcis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the tyrrhenian wall lizard?

An adult tyrrhenian wall lizard weighs 5.41 g – 5.7 g and measures 6.08 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the tyrrhenian wall lizard live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the tyrrhenian wall lizard for 1 country: Italy. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

How long does the tyrrhenian wall lizard live?

The tyrrhenian wall lizard has a recorded lifespan of 7.49 years.

What kind of animal is the tyrrhenian wall lizard?

The tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tyrrhenian-wall-lizard

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BibTeX
@misc{tyrrhenian_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tyrrhenian-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}